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2023 Most Popular Urban Studies Schools in the New England Region

5 Colleges
$28,638 Avg Salary
$19,853 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Urban Studies School for You

Urban Studies is the #186 most popular major in the country with 432 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Urban Studies Schools in the New England Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 5 schools in the New England Region to see which ones were the most popular programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Urban Studies program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Urban Studies Colleges.

#1

Tufts University

Medford, MA

Our 2023 rankings named Tufts University the most popular school in the New England Region for urban studies students. Tufts is a large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Medford.

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Out of the 5 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Northeastern University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Northeastern is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Boston.

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#2

Boston University

Boston, MA

The excellent programs at Boston University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best urban studies schools in the New England Region . Located in the city of Boston, Boston U is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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#4

Brown University

Providence, RI

The excellent programs at Brown University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best urban studies schools in the New England Region . Brown is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Providence.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Connecticut State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Urban Studies Schools in the New England Region list. SCSU is a moderately-sized public school located in the midsize city of New Haven.

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Best Urban Studies Colleges by State

Explore the best urban studies colleges for a specific state in the New England region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 32
Connecticut 0
Rhode Island 0

One of 12 majors within the area of study, urban studies has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Economics 6,173
International Relations & National Security 5,010
Political Science & Government 2,664
Geography & Cartography 2,315
Sociology 1,907

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 5 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Andrew Bossi.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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